Doris Roberts Quotes

We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go.

I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.

If someone is not treating you in a way that you like, remember that there are so many nice people out there. The problem is that when you love someone, you make excuses for that kind of behavior.

When men I have dated over the years whined about, 'Oh, you make no time for me' - see ya! I just dumped them. I don't need that pressure in my life.

With someone who is genuinely abusive or a bad person, you should just get out of town. But if they're being the best person they know how to be, then you have to decide if there isn't much there you can love and not become consumed with what they're not able to give you.

When you become an adult and you have a choice of who to have in your life, if someone's hurting you and making you feel bad, then they shouldn't be in your life, even if it's a family member.

I wish that young people, most of all, would learn to cut ties with those who make them feel bad about themselves or about the other people they love and care for.

I don't want to spend my energy on people who don't like me.

Know your worth and please don't invest in toxic people or relationships, because any bond that requires servicing is not worth your time.

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.

So I put up with bad behavior in the name of loving the way I thought you were supposed to love.

Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.

I've realized that when I've done things that I actually regret, it's been the people that I've been around that have either not stopped me or have influenced me in that direction. So I think it's really just truly evaluating your friendships. If you're around people who are negative and are just sycophants... and steal your light, then that's a bad person, and you need to truly cut them out. It's hard to cut them out but you will feel so much better after.

There are about 20 people in my life that I want to love me, and none of them are the 'Daily Mail.'

Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.

People that were in my life for a long time turned sinister and tried to control me, and all kinds of weird stuff happened. But there was no conscience involved; that threw me more than anything.

If you can't help me grow, there's no point with you being in my life.

I have walked away from friendships when I've realized that someone smiles to someone's face and talks about them the minute they walk out of a room. I have no room in my life for that kind of negative energy anymore.

I think the rule of thumb should be this: if you preface a sentence about a friend with the phrase, 'I love X, but... ' more than once in any conversation, you should stop hanging out with them.

You can say no to people who make you feel bad about yourself. To people who backstab you or make you feel anxious in any way.

It's very strange that the people you love are often the people you're most cruel to.

We're taught to take care of people we love, but sometimes you can't.

I have no shame around the fact that I can be shot into suicidal feelings by certain people's treatment of me. I am no different to any other person, I therefore act as I believe any other person should be free to.

When people are this mean, there's no other way to deal with them.

Whether it's a spouse, family member, coworker, former classmate, or the mother of your child's best friend - you know exactly what I mean. Just when you feel your worst and are judging yourself harshly, someone comes along who seems determined to make you feel even worse about yourself than you already do. Who needs it?